HARD History Quiz

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Question 1: What famously long war raged between the French Capetians and the English Plantagenets, each claiming the French throne?
Answer a: Thousand Years War
Answer b: Thirty Years War
Answer c: Hundred Years War
Answer d: Seven Years War
Question 2: Camilla Shand and Prince Charles meet where?
Answer a: School
Answer b: At Charles And Diana's Wedding
Answer c: On A Cruise
Answer d: Polo Game
Question 3: Who protects the Pope in Vatican City?
Answer a: CIA
Answer b: Interpol
Answer c: Swiss Guard
Answer d: Italian Army
Question 4: Which famous Australian bushranger wore metal armour at his last stand?
Answer a: Captain Thunderbolt
Answer b: Ned Kelly
Answer c: Dan Morgan
Answer d: Ben Hall
Question 5: The 'Battle of Magersfontein' was fought during which war?
Answer a: Second (Great) Boer War
Answer b: First Afghan War
Answer c: Spanish Succession
Answer d: Peninsular War
Question 6: What was the name of the 1314 Battle between the English and the Scots led by Robert the Bruce?
Answer a: Battle of Shrewsbury
Answer b: Battle of Bannockburn
Answer c: Battle of Harlaw
Answer d: Battle of St Albans
Question 7: During anti-communist demonstrations on November 17, 1989, Martin Smid was beaten to death by police and his corpse left in the streets. People were outraged. Even though Smid was made up. Where?
Answer a: Innsbruck
Answer b: Bern
Answer c: Prague
Answer d: Bonn
Question 8: What was Mahatma Gandhi's actual first name?
Answer a: Bikram
Answer b: Hiram
Answer c: Nehru
Answer d: Mohandas
Question 9: Which of these musical genres was particularly popular in the 1960s?
Answer a: Hip Hop
Answer b: Psychedelia
Answer c: Thrash Metal
Answer d: Dubstep
Question 10: My vas pokhoronim! While addressing Western ambassadors at a Moscow reception in November 1956, who said, "Whether you like it or not, history is on our side, we will bury you"?
Answer a: Nikita Khrushchev
Answer b: Fidel Castro
Answer c: Josef Stalin
Answer d: Mao Zedong

[@nigelcuthbertson701]

Nothing to do with IQ! - Just a test of memory.

[@TheNorfolkman]

10out of 10. It was simple.

[@lomax343]

If that's hard, my cat could probably do easy.

[@woodrowwheeless2509]

Seriously,? 10 out 10.

[@1952jodianne]

10/10. Easy enough, but my cats are pretty much scholastically challenged. ;{D

[@TC-qd1zw]

Well ten out of ten.

[@torfrida6663]

10/10 🇬🇧👍

[@user-qf1uw4cw2l]

7 of 10

[@drahcirnevarc9152]

10/10, and my IQ is a lot lower than 150.

[@jennyreilly1151]

10/10...

[@e.woodwitch2925]

9/10

[@xotan]

10/10

[@lawrencebeck1144]

so hard, another 10/10

[@user-xo5tr4ib9q]

10 of 10 but I have lived this history

[@MrBrynmair]

9 out of 10. Didn’t know Ghandis real first name, shame on me.

[@albundy59]

8

[@Steve-zh6zn]

I'll tell the truth, 7 out of 10.

[@mikechanning7522]

10/10 too easy

[@mapes1]

8/10 😊🇨🇭

[@MAgaSUXX]

15/10

[@tomsmith6045]

👍🤣🫡

[@michaelhinton8608]

10/10.

[@Nastyswimmer]

IQ is (supposedly) a measure of an individual's ability to apply reasoning and logic. It has nothing to do with remembering factoids from (European/English) history.

[@bilschulzr8072]

9 /10 i missed q9

[@spikeco1709]

8 of 10. Missed 7 & 9. I've heard that before 7 of 9?

[@jorgeneriksson6443]

5/10 😞

[@user-ck2ff3mk8t]

Hard?????

[@lesliefuller1456]

What has iq got to do with historical knowledge?

[@amarsh14]

not hard at all. 10 out of 10

[@suzyaustin3039]

I agree this was not hard

[@raymondpeplow2710]

Rubbish much much too easy

[@lanamedcalf1561]

9/10

[@kerryleier8917]

9/10

[@lasttime716]

9/10

[@malchman1]

9/10